Use of Barbed Wire by Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus) to Manipulate Nest Materials

KENNETH M. BURTON

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0198:UOBWBL]2.0.CO;2

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KENNETH M. BURTON^1,*

¹Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405

^*Present address: P.O. Box 716, Inverness, California 94937, kennethburton@hotmail.com

Abstract

Loggerhead shrikes were observed using barbed wire to anchor and tear nest-lining materials in Indiana. This is a previously unreported function of impaling by shrikes and may explain the impaling of certain inedible objects.

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KENNETH M. BURTON "Use of Barbed Wire by Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus) to Manipulate Nest Materials," The American Midland Naturalist 142(1), 198-199, (1 July 1999). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0198:UOBWBL]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 January 1999; Published: 1 July 1999

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